Standard Icelandic

E97879

Standard Icelandic is the contemporary standardized form of the Icelandic language, used in official communication, education, and media in Iceland and noted for its conservative grammar and vocabulary.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Icelandic morphology	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	register of the Icelandic language ⓘ standard language ⓘ variety of Icelandic ⓘ
basedOnDialect	Reykjavík urban dialect ⓘ
countryOfUse	Iceland ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	V2 word order tendency ⓘ conservative grammar ⓘ conservative vocabulary ⓘ four-case nominal system ⓘ limited lexical borrowing ⓘ phonology based on Reykjavík speech norm ⓘ purist language policy influence ⓘ relatively stable morphology ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Icelandic orthography ⓘ Latin script ⓘ
languageBranch	Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageOf	Icelandic national curriculum ⓘ Icelandic national media ⓘ Government of Iceland ⓘ surface form: Icelandic state administration
languageSubbranch	North Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticAncestor	Old Icelandic ⓘ Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
mutuallyIntelligibleWith	other Icelandic dialects ⓘ
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Danish ⓘ Norwegian language ⓘ surface form: Norwegian Swedish ⓘ
primaryRegion	Iceland ⓘ
regulatedBy	Icelandic Language Council ⓘ Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies ⓘ
standardizationProcessIncludes	codification of grammar ⓘ norms for pronunciation ⓘ norms for vocabulary ⓘ orthographic reforms ⓘ
standardizedIn	20th century ⓘ
subclassOf	Icelandic ⓘ surface form: Icelandic language North Germanic language variety ⓘ West Scandinavian language variety ⓘ
usedAs	language of Icelandic literature publishing standards ⓘ language of instruction in Icelandic schools ⓘ language of national examinations in Iceland ⓘ
usedIn	Icelandic media ⓘ education in Iceland ⓘ formal writing in Iceland ⓘ government documents in Iceland ⓘ legal texts in Iceland ⓘ news broadcasting in Iceland ⓘ official communication in Iceland ⓘ parliamentary debates in Iceland ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Icelandic → hasStandardForm → Standard Icelandic ⓘ

Old Norse morphology → influenced → Standard Icelandic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Icelandic morphology

North Germanic languages → majorModernStandard → Standard Icelandic ⓘ